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Archive of posts tagged bread

Endings and beginnings

Posted by Richard on 1 January 2014, 4:39 pm

As it turned out, the end of 2013 also coincided with the end for a couple of spare cockerels from the clutch of eggs that hatched during the summer. Perhaps not the most celebratory of starts to New Years Eve but the job needed to be done. While still not a pleasant task, the steps …

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I blame Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Posted by Richard on 12 September 2012, 12:51 pm

I probably wouldn’t have thought of trying to bake soda bread if I hadn’t seen it mentioned during a an old River Cottage program I happened to watch recently. If I’m honest I would have guessed that soda bread must be something like sour dough which I believe takes some time and effort to make …

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Baking better bread

Posted by Richard on 18 July 2012, 5:15 pm

Last night I had another go a bread baking with a few minor tweaks to the basic recipe and I managed to turn out a couple of truly majestic tasting but diminutive white loaves. Each of my attempts at bread making yield slightly different results, some of which are better than others  but this most recent …

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Further bread making adventures

Posted by Richard on 8 May 2012, 7:12 am

After my first 2 attempts at bread making (white bread rolls and after that a loaf) had proved fairly successful if slightly stodgy, it was clearly time to up my game and try making brown bread. We had a great time up at the Rothbury Food and Craft Festival yesterday which had lots of interesting …

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A weekend of successes

Posted by Richard on 23 April 2012, 10:04 pm

Now that the dust has settled a little from the weekend exertions I can start to take stock of the progress made and the relative success of my efforts so far. I know it’s still early in the year and spring is squelching more than usual but I like to focus on the positive aspects …

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| Tagged bread, carrots, leeks, onions, watering | 1 Comment

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